End-gate construction.



. PATENTED FEB. 21. 1905.

S. S. BOLTON.

END GAT E CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1904.

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SAMUEL S. BOLTON, OF SOOTTVILLE, MICHIGAN.

END-GATE CONSTRUCTION.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 783,172, dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed April 11, 1904. Serial No. 202,623.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. BOLTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scottville, in the county of Mason and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gate Constructions; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to end-gates for wagonbeds; and it consists of certain novel features ofcombination and construction of parts, the preferred form whereof will be hereinafter clearly set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

The prime object of my invention, among others, is to provide an end-gate which will be useful for a great variety of purposes and not only perform the oiiice of an end-gate proper, but may be utilized as a discharging and receiving chute.

A further object of my invention is to provide simple, though reliably efficient, means for locking the. end-gate in a closed position,

whereby it will be practically impossible for it to casually come open.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter. made clearly apparent, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 shows a perspective view of my improved end-gate complete and disposed in a closed position. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the end-gate disposed in an open position. Fig. 8 is a central sectional View of Fig. 1. Fig. 4; is a detail view showing a horizontal section of the locking devices in an unlocked position. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the locking devices in a locked position. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the end-gate, showing the position of the rack-bars and gear cooperating therewith. view showing a discharging-chute of special form as attached to the end of the wagon-bed in lieu of the end-gate. Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing a slightly-modified construction of the end-gate. Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of the end-gate. Fig. 10 is a Fig. 7 is a perspective sectional view of Fig. 9 on line 10 10. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the locking device for holding the end-gate in union with the side-boards of the wagon-bed. Fig. 12 is a detail view showing the rack-bars and cooperating gear. Fig. 13 is a sectional view of the hooked end of one of the rack-bars and its cooperating keeper or bracket.

The various details and cooperating accessories of my invention will for convenience be designated by numerals, the same numeral applying to a similar part throughout the several views.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates the bottom section of the wagonbed, while 2 and 3 designate the side-boards thereof, said wagon-bed being made of the usual or any preferred construction, and cooperating with the ends of the side-boards 2 and 3 is the end-gate 1, made sufliciently long to fit between the side-boards. is provided at each end with a reinforcing cleat or bar 4', each of which is provided at its lower end with an outwardly-extending journal or lug 5 of proper size to rest in one of the brackets 6 or 7, as may be preferred and as hereinafter set forth. said brackets being secured to the side-boards in any preferred way, as by the locking-bolts 8. Seated in the upper end of the side-board and preferably inclosed by the cross-bar or cleat 9 I dispose the locking members employed to hold my endgatein a closed position, said locking members comprising a pair of rack-bars, as indicated by the numerals 10 and 11,said rack-bars being designed to cooperate with and be controlled by the gear-wheel 12, secured rigidly to the controlling-shaft 13, to the outer end of which I attach the controlling-handle 14, provided with the handle proper, 15. I also attach to the reinforcing bar or cleat 9 the segmental bar 16, held in place in any preferred way, as by the bolts or screws 17, a stop or pin 18 being also provided at a convenient point to limit the movement of the controlling-handle 14 in a manner hereinafter set forth.

Each of the rack-bars 10 and 11 is provided with the hook-like terminal 19, adapted to engage an aperture 20 in the'plate 21 near the upper corner of each side-board, and it is there- I The end-gate fore obvious that by a proper movement of the controlling-handle 14 the hook-terminals 19 may each be simultaneously moved inward or outward, as desired.

By the arrangement of parts and the construction just described it will be observed that the brackets 6 cooperating with the lugs 5 will act as a hinge for the end-gate and permit said end-gate to be moved outward at its upper edge to occupy the position shown in Fig. 2, it being understood that the lugs 5 shall have been lifted out of the bracket 6 and into engagement with the bracket 7 and that the bracing-arms 22, which are pivotally secured to the upper edge of each of the sideboards 2 and 3, as by the bolt 23, may be thrown outward into engagement with the hook-terminals 19, as by entering said terminals through an opening provided in the ends of said arms, said opening being designated by the numeral 24:. By this arrangement the end-gate will sustain a very heavy weight placed thereon, as will be obvious. When the arms 22 are not employed for sustaining the end-gate in a horizontal position, they may be moved forward and dropped into the keepers 25, provided at a convenient point upon the outer side of each of the side-boards 2 and 3.

In Fig. 7 it will be seen that the end-gate has beenwholly removed and replaced by a conveyer-chute 26, having the sidebars or flanges 27, each provided with the keyhole-aperture or bayonet-slot 28, adapted to engage a pin or bolt-head 29, carried by the side-boards 2 and 3. This conveyer-chute will be found Very desirable for discharging grain, coal, or the like, as will be obvious.

In Fig. 8 and the following views I have shown a slightly-modified construction, where in it will be observed that the end-gate tis provided with the reinforcing-standard receiving cleats 80, while the lower end of the end-gate is prevented from having'an outward movement by means of the cleats or brackets 31.

By reference to Fig. 10 it will be observed that the gear 12 is formed integral with its shaft 1 3,01 said parts may be otherwise formed, as preferred. It will thus be seen that I have provided a reliably-efficient form of locking device whereby the end-gate may be secured in an upright posit-ion or may be lowered into a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 1, and that said end-gate will be reliably supported in a horizontal position by the bracingarms 22, thus fitting the wagon-bed for conveniently receiving or discharging its load, and while I have described the preferred combination and construction of parts deemed necessary in carrying out my invention I desire to comprehend in this application all substantial equivalents and substitutes as may be" considered as falling fairly within the scope and purview of my invention.

Believing that the advantages and manner of constructing and using my invention have thus been. made clearly apparent, further description is deemed unnecessary.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described adjustable endgate, comprising the end-gate proper having suitable supporting-lugs at each end thereof and at its lower edge brackets carried by the sideboards cooperating with said lugs, in combination with locking-barslO and 11 longitudinally movable in said end-gate and having sub- In testimony whereof I have signed my nam'e to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL S. BOLTON. Witnesses:

JAMEs TIFFI, W. F. FAIRBANKs. 

